The buck stops where? Experts urge party leaders to be accountable for NSICOP report findings
‘Much more leadership and proactive solution-making has to come from parliamentarians themselves, from political parties, and from the government,’ says UOttawa professor Thomas Juneau.
Poilievre’s briefing refusal is a sign of the end of collegiality on the Hill
Unlike days of yore, there now appears to be a climate of mistrust reigning over Parliament Hill.
Action, not avoidance, necessary on foreign interference
Instead of fuelling chatter and wannabe Joe McCarthys, political leaders should be taking a united approach to addressing whatever security challenges we may be facing.
Canada and Kosovo: 25 years of ties
Operation Parasol represented a quick, efficient humanitarian response to a country in crisis.
Imprisoning migrants in federal jails is unfairness for every generation
As they debate the budget, MPs must stay true to the Charter, and stop the expansion of immigration detention into federal prisons, writes Ketty Nivyabandi.
Are we truly ‘laggards’ in spending?
Among all of these stakeholders clamouring for Canada to spend more on defence, no one is even discussing what they want that money spent on
Cloud of suspicion partly lifts, but party games continue
The fallout from the parliamentary foreign activity report did nothing to re-establish Canadians’ trust in the system.
Canada needs to encourage world leaders to reverse dangerous course of rampant militarism: Kazdan
Re: “Amid focus on defence investments, advocates say diplomatic toolkit being ignored,” (The Hill Times, June 5). Since 2000, world military expenditures have nearly doubled and now amount to about $2.5-trillion per year, more than half of which is accounted by NATO countries. In contrast, only about three per cent of this total is devoted to […]
‘A permissive environment’: four security gaps flagged by NSICOP where Ottawa has been slow to act
Former CSIS executive Dan Stanton says the government is ‘playing catch up’ on foreign interference, partly because the ‘subtlety’ of the threat has made it too easy to ignore the issue.
Singh slams Trudeau as ‘slow to act’ after spy watchdog report
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says an explosive spy watchdog report reveals several MPs helped foreign states interfere in Canadian politics through behaviour that was “deeply unethical and contrary to the oaths” taken as parliamentarians, sometimes rising to the level of criminality. Singh also confirmed that the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians’ classified report […]
